Emeril's Bro-in-Law -- The Shiitake Hits the Fan

Posted Sep 24th 2008 11:25AM by TMZ Staff

Looks like Emeril Lagasse and his brother-in-law are into different types of mushrooms, and this is an awesome story.

Kent Lovelace just got the BAM! for illegal possession of mushrooms in Mississippi. The cops tell us he got pulled over on Sunday because his car was swerving. He allegedly claimed diabetes made him weave (Emeril not feeding him enough?), but a search of the car turned up shrooms and traces of MJ.

Just to kick up the humiliation a notch -- we're told it was Emeril's wife (Kent's sister) who had to shell out for his $5K bond.

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1. Not up on ALL the drug talk so, can someone tell me what the hell MJ is?

Posted at 11:30AM on Sep 24th 2008 by Dallas

2. MJ is Mary Jane.. Marijuana...Pot..
I heard Emeril had a little "white stuff" problem back in the day .. he got kicked out of college for it.

Posted at 11:37AM on Sep 24th 2008 by LipIt

3. My granny even knows MJ is marijuana.

Posted at 11:37AM on Sep 24th 2008 by Big Dee

4. I thought that was Bob Costas!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 11:42AM on Sep 24th 2008 by gracie

5. How about a little "Essence of Herbage"!!!!!!
Just saying............

Posted at 11:43AM on Sep 24th 2008 by Yeddy Bo

6. Sorry folks, the MJ sounded as though it was a secret code word! Thanks for clearing it up. I am a far cry from a "granny"!

Posted at 11:44AM on Sep 24th 2008 by Dallas

7. Are mushrooms illegal? Sheesh. Anything that grows and is in it's natural state should not be illegal... besides they taste so nasty it's a pretty desperate high, most people who have 'tried' them don't use them on any sort of regular basis. There must be more dastardly crimes going on in Mississippi to warrant their attention.

Posted at 12:27PM on Sep 24th 2008 by Hello Kitty

8. Let the sucker go. No harm done. Go catch some real criminals!!!!!

Posted at 12:45PM on Sep 24th 2008 by everclear

9. MJ= Mary Jane=weed=marijuana

Posted at 12:59PM on Sep 24th 2008 by ya know

10. I didn't know people were still getting high on mushrooms. I thought that was jsut back in my hey-day. Even though they gow naturally, they are still illegal. I will never understand why alchol is legal and weed is not.

Posted at 1:23PM on Sep 24th 2008 by EGGO

11. DAYUM! They nailed Bob Costas!!

Posted at 2:11PM on Sep 24th 2008 by Banana Hammock

12. "Just to kick it up a knotch" LMFAO You deserve a raise!

Posted at 8:13PM on Sep 24th 2008 by Ms. X

13. there is so much more to this story, the Enquirer or Star or TMZ would love to know this isn't the first time or the last

Posted at 7:36PM on Sep 27th 2008 by optimist13

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